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CXUS55 KLKN 021911
CLATPH

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO, NV
1111 AM PST SUN JAN 02 2022

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...THE TONOPAH AIRPORT NV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2021...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2022

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            105   07/11/2021
 LOW             -15   01/24/1962
                       01/23/1962
HIGHEST          105R  07/11        100       5      103  08/17
LOWEST                 12/18          0      -1       10  12/04
AVG. MAXIMUM    69.0               67.4     1.6     69.9
AVG. MINIMUM    39.0               38.5     0.5     38.6
MEAN            54.0               52.9     1.1     54.3
DAYS MAX >= 90    75               58.6    16.4       78
DAYS MAX <= 32     9                5.6     3.4        1
DAYS MIN <= 32   144              148.5    -4.5      150
DAYS MIN <= 0      1                0.6     0.4        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        9.64   1983
 MINIMUM        1.96   2020
TOTALS          3.48               4.79   -1.31     1.96
DAILY AVG.         T               0.01   -0.01        T
DAYS >= .01       26               36.9   -10.9       23
DAYS >= .10       10               14.6    -4.6        8
DAYS >= .50        2                1.2     0.8        0
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.1    -0.1        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.67                                0.34


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   5138               5268    -130     4927
 SINCE 7/1      2086               2158     -72       MM
COOLING TOTAL   1239                894     345     1111
 SINCE 1/1      1239                894     345       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    47/330    DATE  02/13
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    68/290    DATE  06/16

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     37

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             14     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                3     RAIN                       7
LIGHT RAIN               29     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                5     SNOW                       9
LIGHT SNOW               15     SLEET                      0
FOG                      27     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      8
HAZE                     39

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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...2021 WAS WARMER THAN NORMAL IN TONOPAH...
...2021 WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL IN TONOPAH...
...7TH WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD FOR TONOPAH...
...1ST WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD FOR TONOPAH...
...2ND WARMEST JULY ON RECORD FOR TONOPAH...
...10TH WARMEST AND 6TH DRIEST AUGUST ON RECORD FOR TONOPAH...
...1ST WARMEST METEORLOGICAL SUMMER ON RECORD FOR TONOPAH...
...9TH WARMEST AND 5TH DRIEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD FOR TONOPAH...
...1ST WARMEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD FOR TONOPAH...
...5TH WARMEST METEORLOGICAL FALL ON RECORD FOR TONOPAH...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN TONOPAH DURING 2021 WAS 54.0 DEGREES, WHICH
IS 1.1 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 52.9 DEGREES, MAKING 2021 THE 7TH
WARMEST ON RECORD. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 3.48 INCHES, WHICH IS
1.31 INCHES BELOW OR 73 PERCENT OF THE 1991-2020 CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL
OF 4.79 INCHES. THE PERIOD OF RECORD FOR THE TONOPAH AIRPORT BEGAN IN
1954.

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